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    1 day ago

    There’s actually debate over whether America was actually named after Amerigo Vespucci. My understanding is that it was likely just a coincidence that his name is so similar to America. As I understand it, it was actually named after a tribe of native Americans. But native Americans don’t pass the Republican scale of whiteness, so they’ll probably try to rename America anyways. I’m calling it now: they’re going to rename it to Trumpia